Steve Young Quotes

A moment for me that changed everything was hearing my song on the radio for the first time.

I'm in a really lucky position where people will be interested in whatever I do, but what I do is sing.

The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence. And they'll tell you if you ask.

I didn't care about anything expect rock & roll. So it's nice that it turned out to be something that you find a way to make a living from.

One thing that I do want to say is Drake, as an artist, anybody has to respect him. He's in the game, and he's been in the game - he has longevity, even if he doesn't write or writes his music.

I want to make the greatest record ever made. It's the only thing I can think about.

It's always been about making music. I've never gotten caught up with the trappings. You can't get caught up in the limousines and the chicks. The most important thing is the music.

You'll know if you're a famous composer if 20 years from now your name appears on a pull-down menu in Band in a Box, alongside Hans Zimmer.

I write the songs and hand it over to the world and see what happens. But the things that I've written for people that have been hits, I don't know that I would have directed them in the right path, but they definitely wound up on the right path.

If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world.

I respect Lady Gaga very much.

I never really set out to do anything in the charts with music. It came as a total surprise that I did, and it's fun.

At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

I'd love to be a rockstar.

Originally I considered myself a singer.

I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.

As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both.

And I just pray that god gives me longevity in the music industry.

'The bigtime for you is just around the corner.' They told me that first in 1952 - boy, it's been a long corner. If I don't hit the bigtime in the next 25 or 30 years, I'm gonna pack in the music business and become a full-time gigolo.

I'm not really keen on comebacks. Eurythmics was an incredible thing. When I look back on that work, I feel very satisfied with it.

The music I have created, along with the other Beach Boys, has taken me all over the world. For these past 50 years, I guess you could say, 'I get around.'

I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant.

There were aspects of stardom I didn't like, which were of no consequence, really, but the positive things far outweighed the negative. By the time I came to write 'Setting Sons,' I felt my writing was more like prose, set to music.

The way Aventura became successful was so weird. We didn't have a major label. They say everything has a reason, but it's not easy to find. The only thing that was right was the music.

I actually like Taylor Swift. I admire what she's been able to do on some levels.